The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-23
Badly Disfgured Young Woman Made Pleas
ing and Attractive by the Skllful Use of a
Surgeons Sharp Edged Instruments.
Clara Experiences a Shock on Coming
in Contact with Bronze Serpent.
INDUCES in Bitter Talk as TO the Abuse Of
Working-GirIs by Their Employers.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.


NEW YORK. Oct. pa hundred bridal gifts
lay on the tables in parlor. They were va
riety of articles, from silverware to fans, from
screens to diamonds. and guests were passing
from one TO another in a critical examination.
On one stand was a low, oval glass case and it
was observable that close by stood two men who
never stirred from their stations. They were
guardians Of that one present. Was there some
thing in the glass receptacle alive and that
would fly off if uncovered2 Possibly; for
wealth takes wings" Gazing into the case the
visitors saw a loose heap of government bonds
Their value was million dollars. That was
the bridal gift of Morris. the Crnsus Of lottery
men. TO his daughter on her marriage 10 Thur
low Weed Barnes. nephew of the late Thurlow
Weed. The wedding elegantly plain in
other respects and even bonds common in
aspect, bat what quantity OF eager interest
did center in the millioned event And were they
not regarded truly ''tne holy bonds Of we'd
lockP'
/ went with a girl friend yesterday to sea her
beautifed. The place was no factory of hair,
colorings or complexion washes, but the highly
professional New York Hospital, one of our great
public benefactions and the beautifer staid
and orthodox DR.. Bull. The maiden was al
ready pretty, save that she had the disfgurature
known as harelip. The improvement will make
her entirely kissable. Too few parents are will
ing through false kindness to their children or
through ignorance to submit their little ones to
the knife of the surgeon at an early age, and az
a result have around us unsightly persons
who might have had their features nodded into
those Of good looking men and women. The
case in point was that of girl of about seven
teen, who had a single harelip with protrusion
OF the teeth of the upper jaw. There was also
a cleft in that jaw. which. or course, com plcated
the deformity. Had the operation been per.
formed in infancy. the chances are that the
woman would have shown very slight, If any
traces Of the surgeons work. but as it is
a less plain will always
be visible. She was put under ether.
and small slice cut off one
side of the fissure in the lip and slice of the
other side nearly, but not quite to the bottom
of the lip. Then these two raw edges we're
brought together and stitched; and the niece Of
flesh that remained from the second iucision
was carried along the base of the lp that
indentation should be afterwards observed
The surgeons plastic hand now went to work to
fashion the dis6eured member into that
should serve her we'll for the remainder of her
days. This then coms.ete. the lip. and there
was left only the protruding teeth to remedy
With two or three sharp blows of the malet
upon the chissl the top part of the two sides Of
the jaw were separated brought into opposition
by depressing them and secured in place. Then
the operation was ended: and it showed imme-
diate signs of great and lasting improvement in
appearance, one which cannot fail to be of great
benefit to her as q woman. She has never vol
unfairly smiled since she old enough to
know OF her dishguraton. SO fearful was she of
displaying it. month hence she can begin a
life of smiles
The taste for the grotesque and horrible that
leads men to wear skulls for scarfpins and
cofins for sleeve-buttons, that induces dainty
girl to choose dress with snakes outlined on it,
and metal spider perched at. her throat. has
got into architecture. went to CALL and. mount
ing the steps. laid my hand carelessly the iron
rail that meandered up the stone stoop. To my
horror it fell on the head of a broaze and real.
istic snake that was coiled round and round the
balustrade. I stood aghast and looked. The
whole row OF fine houses had the same sort of
approach. and twisting about all the hand-rails
was the vile serpent with battened head and
baleful eyes-natural and hideous enough to
make one afraid to enter or leave the house. It's
to be hoped old Major Jim Jambs never rents.
OF 'em: he'll come home some night from the
club and break his neck in fit at his own door.
It is bad practice to write several letters At
one job inclose them in ENVELOPES and address
the batch. Many accidents occur. A gentle
man who uses n pencil for his correspondence,
but makes the superscriptions in ink wrote the
three following epistles, secured them in envei-
opes and laid them in order upon his desk. The
first was to his prospective mother-in.law. the
second to his latest and best girl, and the last to
his tailor. Discovering that the ink was absent
in the stand, he left his desk for moment A
clerk in search of a ruler took up the top ietter
that lay upon the article, and put it below the
missive intended for the tailor. Back came the
complete letter-writer. He addressed letter
first in the row to his coming mother-in-law. the
next to Maud, and the misplaced epistle to the
tailor. At o'clock that afternoon military
looking female, sitting beside an invalid daugh-
ter. go: black in the face as che read on the
stamped paper of the discovered son-n-law:
Baby Mine.-Your pet will be able after ALL to get
away. Having sprung the tallest kind of stall on
the Vampire. which 1 will tell you about when we
meet Take cab to Vesey street and get there at
sweet little toad It vii be long dsy for your old
man. but o'clock will have to make landing and
then hurrah.
place Up town in a gorgeous fiat Maud Tricot
puzzled over this mistic epistle:
You old fruad. that chevot is the worst job that
done. thought the checks beat the world giving
me fits. but here you than ever. / shall
certainly have to try some else. and don't want
Will let you have some money during the month but
IN beastly hard up just now.
At the moment that Maud was imagining her
sweetheart was gone completely mad, and that
an infurated middle-aged woman was making
her toilet TO go down town. Georges tailor
studied this document with daZed expression:
Kindest of friends. break TO my little this uu-
pleasant news. No George tonight. The bank has
a meeting that will no doubt necessitate from
here to Boston; viii wire you in the morning if that
be avoided but business is business, and it's for
both dear sakes that must attend to this little
matter With my love and kiss. your troubled lad.
At 8 q cab containing lady stood in Vesey
street waiting for gentleman. who bounced the
door open and blurted out to the driver the
name of a restaurant.
Now. my little girl, tell me all the news" he
added. as he sprang in: and his blood troze and
his hair rose az his mother-in-law said "You
villain, will
Cornalba is ono of the three or four premier
danseuses who. for a number Of years, have led
the ballets in grand operas and other prerentious
stage entertainments. If you recall her at
all, you will do so as q 1.-the woman Of thirty
fve with an intellectual face. willowy figure
and iron toes. Do you ever think OF these
dancers ordinary women, in the earb OF their
sex. and doing anything else than whiriing
and tip-t -toeing in a theater7 Morello is an ItAl-